St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-28
1900. &.
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The great man from the Northwest
reached down into his pocket and feed
ing it to the weighing machine through
the slit, mounted the platform. The
machines capacity for weighing reaches
only $50 pounds, and as the weight
OF the major has been something
more than 800 pounds for a
long time now, he was not little taken
back when the indicator swung round
to $50 pounds at a lively pace and
stopped. The major jigged up and
down, but the pointer refused to move
and looking trifle worried. The heavy
weight editor and politician climbed off
the platform and going over to the cigar
asked the boy behind the counter if
them scales over there" were supposed
to be all right.
'Trne's dot" replied the boy, and
the major walked away rubbing the
lower part OF his vest and wondering
what in the dickens had made him fall
away so. He had lost thirty pounds in
one week according to the scales, and
he laid it all to an interesting little
game of draw that he had got mixed up
with while in Sioux Falls few days
before. The major went down
there on business, but when his
known, Frank Pettigrew, the Whilom
congressman, and Melville Grigsby, the
South Dakota dictator, hunted him up,
and in less than an hour the three We're
comfortably locked in splendidly up
hOlStered office in the rear of the First
National bank. with their hats drawn
down over their eyes, fighting like bull
dogs over variegated jack-pots. GrigSby
and Pettigrew had the advantage in
that they were fighting on their own
heath. and fortune seemed inclined to
give the major a cold shoulder, but he
stood his ground well and met his losses
with the grit of Spartan. All the aft
ernoon and into the night the battle
waged, growing hotter each hour, and
the beautifully colored
RED AND BLUE CHIPS
We're gradually piling up under the
chins of Pettigrew and Grigsby, while
the major had been compelled to lay
several checks of good round proportions
on the table to meet the
s.'stabs" that his antagonists were
making at him. The sweat
was rolling down his face, there was an
anxious look in his eyes and he showed
signs OF nervousness. He was heavy
loser and it began to look as though he
would have to walk back to Fargo. At
and, shaking them together carelessly,
he laid them over on Grigsby's side of
the table to cut. GrigSby didn't cut.
Slowly the major dealt the cards until
the hands were out. 1t cost hundred
dollar bill to stay and Grigsby raised it
to $500. Edwards saw that and dropped
his check for $500 more in the center of
the table. Pettigrew and Grigsby
looked curious but they were in and had
to meet the raise which they did.
''CardS!' said Edwards.
"Onei' said Pettigrew.
''Oner' said Grigsby.
cards and pulling five from the pack laid
them down in front of him.
1.-THE devil,' thought Grigsby.
sWhat snap" thought Pettigrew.
The major picked up his cards and
glanced them over. Grigsby's eyes
snapped, for he had queen full on
jacks. Pettigrew's eyes glistened, for
he had four kings. The majors eyes
had sort of a sad, sorrowfuI expression.
''Fll bet $1,000 that my hand is good"
said Pettigrew, showing up chips and
checks to that amount.
''Pll bet $4,000 that my hand is bet
ter" said Grigsby, raising PettigreW's
bet.
The major laid his cards down on the
table and said:
"Gentlemen, I'm broke. I've checked
out to you the last cent I've got in the
bank, but if either one of you want to
take mortgage on my newspaper office
for $4,000, I'll give it to you and bet
that amount of money that my hand
wins the pot"
Zone of his old time Bluffs" though
Grigsby and Pettigrew,t and the latter
promptly said, 'I'll take the mortgage,
major, and advance you the money and
I'll call the bet"
cpl do the same," said Grigsby, fill
ing out a blank check for 500 and
laying it on the center of the table.
II reckon I've got you, for here are
four kings" said Pettigrew, tossing his
cards down ahead of time.
"The h-l!" calculated Grigsby,
crushing his queen full in his hand.
HEMP said the major, ''it's pretty
tough, gentlemen, but 1 had to have
'em. Here are four aces. It's funny
how they stuck together that way"
He raked in the pile and the game
ended.
Outside Grigsby said to Pettigrew,
Ibid you ever see such luck?'
Pettigrew replied, ''luck, you seem to
forget that twas his DEAL"